GRE Word List
QUALIFIED
fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
The meaning of the word qualified is fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| spoof | deceive |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |