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 |
|---|---|
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |