GRE Word List
OPUS
work
The meaning of the word opus is work.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| superannuated | outmoded |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |