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 |
|---|---|
| heed | to pay attention |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |