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 |
|---|---|
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |