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 |
|---|---|
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| alleviate | relieve |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |