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 |
|---|---|
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |