GRE Word List
RANDOM
a haphazard course
The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |