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 |
|---|---|
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
