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 |
|---|---|
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| retract | to draw back or in |