GRE Word List
RANDOM
a haphazard course
The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |