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 |
|---|---|
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| concentric | having a common center |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| defer | put off |