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 |
|---|---|
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| quisling | traitor |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |