GRE Word List
PROXIMITY
the quality or state of being proximate : closeness
The meaning of the word proximity is the quality or state of being proximate : closeness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| veer | to change direction or course |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |