GRE Word List
PEDESTRIAN
commonplace
The meaning of the word pedestrian is commonplace.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| amity | friendship |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| conflagration | fire |
| brazen | made of brass |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |