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 |
|---|---|
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| heed | to pay attention |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |