GRE Word List
RANDOM
a haphazard course
The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |