GRE Word List
RESOURCEFUL
able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means
The meaning of the word resourceful is able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |