GRE Word List
QUISLING
traitor
The meaning of the word quisling is traitor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |