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 |
|---|---|
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |