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 |
|---|---|
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| ignite | to set afire |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |