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 |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |