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 |
|---|---|
| contest | strive |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| pummel | pound |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| politic | political |
| 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 |