GRE Word List
NONDESCRIPT
belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
The meaning of the word nondescript is belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
malediction | curse |
plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
retrench | cut down |