GRE Word List
MAVERICK
an unbranded range animal
The meaning of the word maverick is an unbranded range animal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
