GRE Word List

RANDOM

a haphazard course

The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.

Random words

WordMeaning
adjointo add or attach by joining
baubletrinket
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
exceptwith the exclusion or exception of
aceticvinegary
lateralof or relating to the side
coupa sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état
mashto reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently