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 |
|---|---|
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |