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 |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |