GRE Word List
SAVANT
a person of learning
The meaning of the word savant is a person of learning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |