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 |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| fluke | flatfish |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |