GRE Word List
RANDOM
a haphazard course
The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| fete | festival |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |