GRE Word List

MISCELLANY

separate writings collected in one volume

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

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WordMeaning
malignanttending to produce death or deterioration
forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
susceptiblecapable of submitting to an action, process, or operation
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
debonairsuave
rancidhaving an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
abstractdisassociated from any specific instance
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
meandera winding path or course