GRE Word List
PROPENSITY
an often intense natural inclination or preference
The meaning of the word propensity is an often intense natural inclination or preference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| occident | west |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| appease | pacify |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |