GRE Word List
PEDANT
scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities
The meaning of the word pedant is scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| denouement | final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained |
| tutelary | protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities |
| creed | system of religious or ethical belief |
| consistency | absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous |
| protean | able to take on many forms; versatile; CF. Proteus: sea god to change his shape at will |
| emblazon | ornament richly (a shield or flag); N. emblazonment |
| oust | expel; drive out; force out; N. ouster: ousting |
| inchoate | (of desire, wish, plan) recently begun; not explicit; at the beginning of development; rudimentary; elementary; Ex. inchoate mass |
| pedestal | support or base as for a pillar or statue |
| misadventure | mischance; ill luck; Ex. death by misadventure |
