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 |
|---|---|
| immune | resistant to; free or exempt from; N. immunity |
| niggle | spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault); find fault; Ex. niggle over details; ADJ. niggling |
| latitude | freedom from narrow limitations |
| parsimony | stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious |
| felon | person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime |
| pliable | flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable |
| adjoin | be next to |
| adapt | make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel. |
| genuflect | bend the knee as in worship |
| indifferent | unmoved or unconcerned by; having no interest in; mediocre; neither good nor bad |
