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 |
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metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |