GRE Word List
MORDANT
biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive
The meaning of the word mordant is biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| scotch | scottish |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| abnegation | denial |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| dart | a light spear |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |