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 |
|---|---|
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| swill | wash |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |