GRE Word List
POLYGLOT
one who is polyglot
The meaning of the word polyglot is one who is polyglot.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| verge | brink |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |