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 |
|---|---|
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| peerless | matchless |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |