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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |