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 |
|---|---|
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| natal | native |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |