GRE Word List
PRIVY
private
The meaning of the word privy is private.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |