GRE Word List
MENDICANT
beggar
The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |