GRE Word List
NIMBLE
quick and light in motion : agile
The meaning of the word nimble is quick and light in motion : agile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| fulcrum | prop |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |