GRE Word List
PARASITE
animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant; CF. para-: beside
The meaning of the word parasite is animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant; CF. para-: beside.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pulchritude | beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous |
| serendipity | gift for finding valuable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck; CF. The Three Princes of Serendip |
| retort | quick sharp reply; V. |
| pomposity | self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ. pompous: self-important |
| outlandish | bizzare; peculiar; unconventional |
| amend | correct; change ; generally for the better |
| vigilant | watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance |
| discrepancy | lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions |
| unseemly | unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste |
| discord | conflict; lack of harmony; dissonance (when musical notes are played) |
