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 |
|---|---|
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| collate | to compare critically |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |