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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |