GRE Word List

RANDOM

a haphazard course

The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.

Random words

WordMeaning
grouseany of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
tardymoving slowly : sluggish
putrefyto make putrid
shearto cut off the hair from
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
staminathe bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance