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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |