GRE Word List
RICKETY
(of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D
The meaning of the word rickety is (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hieroglyphic | picture writing; ADJ. |
| battalion | army unit made up of four or more companies |
| progeny | children; offspring; descendants |
| trough | long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.); long narrow depression as between waves |
| horoscope | diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers |
| xenophobia | fear or hatred of foreigners; N. xenophobe |
| spoof | parody |
| astronomical | enormously large or extensive |
| timbre | quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch) |
| slag | glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter |
