GRE Word List
ROSTER
a roll or list of personnel
The meaning of the word roster is a roll or list of personnel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |