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 |
|---|---|
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| giddy | dizzy |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |