GRE Word List
PRIVY
private
The meaning of the word privy is private.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |