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 |
|---|---|
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |