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 |
|---|---|
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| grudging | unwilling |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |