GRE Word List
REGIMENT
a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions
The meaning of the word regiment is a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trenchant | keen |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| microcosm | a little world |
| realm | kingdom |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |