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 |
|---|---|
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |