GRE Word List
RANDOM
a haphazard course
The meaning of the word random is a haphazard course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| violate | break |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |