GRE Word List
MODE
prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life
The meaning of the word mode is prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infinitesimal | very small |
| celerity | speed; rapidity |
| capillary | having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity |
| dais | raised platform for speakers or other important people |
| contingent | dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency |
| crinkle | wrinkle |
| retrieve | recover; put right; find and bring in; regain; Ex. retrieve the situation |
| glimmer | shine erratically; twinkle; N: dim or unsteady light; faint indication; Ex. glimmer of hope |
| trickle | flow in drops or in a thin stream; N. |
| pillage | plunder |