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 |
|---|---|
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| sybarite | voluptuary |