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 |
|---|---|
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |