GRE Word List
ODDS
the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
The meaning of the word odds is the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |