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 |
|---|---|
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| microcosm | a little world |