GRE Word List
PRONE
having a tendency or inclination : being likely
The meaning of the word prone is having a tendency or inclination : being likely.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| abnegation | denial |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| 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 |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |