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 |
|---|---|
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |