GRE Word List
QUISLING
traitor
The meaning of the word quisling is traitor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |