GRE Word List
QUISLING
traitor
The meaning of the word quisling is traitor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |