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
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recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
trenchant | keen |
brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
dally | to act playfully |
trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |