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 |
|---|---|
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |