GRE Word List
PLETHORA
excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses
The meaning of the word plethora is excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sublime | causing deep feelings of wonder, joy, respect, etc.; exalted; noble and uplifting; utter |
| guileless | without deceit |
| pulchritude | beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous |
| cynical | skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness |
| craven | cowardly |
| podiatrist | doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics |
| replete | fully filled; filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied; Ex. report replete with errors |
| impregnable | invulnerable; impossible to capture or enter by force; Ex. impregnable fort/argument; CF. take |
| brackish | somewhat saline |
| imponderable | weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound |