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

WordMeaning
rostruman ancient Roman platform for public orators
nauseateto become affected with nausea
detachedstanding by itself : separate
shuffleto mix in a mass confusedly : jumble
feasiblecapable of being done or carried out
warrena place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant)
malapropismthe usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation