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 |
|---|---|
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |