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 |
|---|---|
| schism | division |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| fleck | streak |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |