GRE Word List
QUORUM
minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
The meaning of the word quorum is minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mime | pantomime(act without dialogue); mimicry; mimer; V: mimic; pantomime |
| expostulation | protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate |
| eminent | rising above others; high; lofty; distinguished; Ex. eminent position |
| uncanny | strange; mysterious; Ex. uncanny knack |
| shed | small roofed structure for storage and shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast; Ex. shed tears/light/water/skin/leaves |
| wanton | unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; Ex. wanton spending/killing; CF. having no just cause |
| heyday | time of greatest success or power; prime |
| cathartic | purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ. |
| tan | convert (hide) into leather; make brown by exposure to the sun |
| jingoist | extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist; N. jingoism: extreme nationalism |
