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 |
|---|---|
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |