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 |
|---|---|
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |