GRE Word List
NOMINAL
of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
The meaning of the word nominal is of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mischance | bad luck |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| shove | to push along |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |