GRE Word List
PRANK
mischievous trick
The meaning of the word prank is mischievous trick.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recourse | resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to |
| murky | dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague; Ex. murky night/fog; N. murk: partial or complete darkness; gloom |
| craven | cowardly |
| rave | overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic |
| dowdy | untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman |
| gouge | overcharge (with high price); extort from; Ex. gouge the public; CF. usury |
| peccadillo | slight offense or fault; CF. sin |
| precocious | advanced in development; N. precocity |
| slap | hit quickly with the flat part of the hand; N. CF. smack |
| correlate | either of the correlated things; V. |