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 |
|---|---|
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |