GRE Word List
PROTEAN
of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms
The meaning of the word protean is of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| indite | make up |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| delusive | likely to delude |