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 |
|---|---|
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |