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 |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| sleek | slick |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |