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 |
|---|---|
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| betray | to lead astray |