GRE Word List
RANDOM
a haphazard course
The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| evenhanded | fair |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| trenchant | keen |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |