GRE Word List
OVERSEE
survey
The meaning of the word oversee is survey.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| leery | suspicious |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ยน/โโ millimeter or less in diameter |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |