GRE Word List
PRIVY
private
The meaning of the word privy is private.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| brazen | made of brass |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |