GRE Word List
RANDOM
a haphazard course
The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |