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 |
|---|---|
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |