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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
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| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
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| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |