GRE Word List
MOBILE
movable; not fixed; N. mobility
The meaning of the word mobile is movable; not fixed; N. mobility.
Random words
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ordain | decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination |
tutelary | protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities |
limp | walk lamely; ADJ: lacking firmness; weak |
provenance | place of origin; origin or source of something; Ex. Gunpowder is of Chinese provenance; CF. come |
parchment | writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat |
rectify | set right; correct; CF. rect-: right |
chauvinist | blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin |
flaunt | display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey, if you've got it, flaunt it !'' |
abortive | unsuccessful; fruitless |
consequential | self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent |