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.
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| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| calculated | apt |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |