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 |
|---|---|
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| freebooter | pirate |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |