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 |
|---|---|
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |