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 |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| 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 |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |