GRE Word List

MISCELLANY

separate writings collected in one volume

The meaning of the word miscellany is separate writings collected in one volume.

Random words

WordMeaning
daintysomething delicious to the taste
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
incidentalbeing likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence
uxoriousexcessively fond of or submissive to a wife
scoretwenty
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
suturea strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body
satyra sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry