GRE Word List
MYRIAD
ten thousand
The meaning of the word myriad is ten thousand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |