GRE Word List
RANDOM
a haphazard course
The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circlet | a little circle |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |