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 |
|---|---|
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |