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 |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| sublimate | sublime |
| lode | waterway |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |