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 |
|---|---|
| score | twenty |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |