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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |