GRE Word List
RANDOM
a haphazard course
The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |