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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| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| venue | locale |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |