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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| nomenclature | name |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |