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 |
|---|---|
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |