GRE Word List
PENDANT
something suspended: such as
The meaning of the word pendant is something suspended: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| parlance | speech |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| prosody | the study of versification |