GRE Word List
PALLID
deficient in color : wan
The meaning of the word pallid is deficient in color : wan.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |