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 |
|---|---|
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |