GRE Word List
MYRIAD
ten thousand
The meaning of the word myriad is ten thousand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |