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 |
|---|---|
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| canny | clever |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |