GRE Word List
NOVELTY
something new or unusual
The meaning of the word novelty is something new or unusual.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |