GRE Word List
PLETHORA
an ample amount or number : abundance
The meaning of the word plethora is an ample amount or number : abundance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| fuddle | booze |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |