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

WordMeaning
repulseto drive or beat back : repel
scrappyconsisting of scraps
requisitionthe act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
cornicethe molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
unobtrusivenot obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
maritimeof, relating to, or bordering on the sea