GRE Word List
MISCELLANEOUS
consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous
The meaning of the word miscellaneous is consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |