GRE Word List
MEDLEY
a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces
The meaning of the word medley is a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skimp | skimpy |
| hap | happening |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |