GRE Word List
NASCENT
coming or having recently come into existence
The meaning of the word nascent is coming or having recently come into existence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| 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) |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| drab | slattern |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |