GRE Word List
MAVERICK
an unbranded range animal
The meaning of the word maverick is an unbranded range animal.
Random words
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| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |