GRE Word List
MUNDANE
of, relating to, or characteristic of the world
The meaning of the word mundane is of, relating to, or characteristic of the world.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |