GRE Word List
OUST
expel; drive out; force out; N. ouster: ousting
The meaning of the word oust is expel; drive out; force out; N. ouster: ousting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pauper | very poor person |
| mortify | humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die |
| inalienable | not to be taken away; nontransferable; Ex. inalienable rights |
| peon | landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage |
| petrify | turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze |
| chant | tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note; V: sing (a chant); utter (a slogan) in the manner of a chant |
| jetsam | things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship) |
| inclement | stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement |
| discomfit | frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb |
| avuncular | of or like an uncle |
