GRE Word List
PLACEBO
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
The meaning of the word placebo is harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sleeper | one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable |
| frantic | wild; distraught as from fear or worry; Ex. frantic with fear |
| functional | made for practical use only (without decoration); functioning; Ex. functional modern furniture; CF. functionalism |
| eccentricity | oddity; idiosyncrasy |
| filigree | delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork |
| congeal | freeze; coagulate |
| variegated | (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored |
| automaton | mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself |
| sundry | miscellaneous; various; several; N. sundries: small miscellaneous items |
| abstract | theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational |
