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 |
|---|---|
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| nurture | training |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| indite | make up |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |