GRE Word List
PROSAIC
characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
The meaning of the word prosaic is characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frail | easily led into evil |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| forlorn | bereft |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |