GRE Word List
MODICUM
a small portion : a limited quantity
The meaning of the word modicum is a small portion : a limited quantity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |