GRE Word List
OVERT
open to view : manifest
The meaning of the word overt is open to view : manifest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |