GRE Word List
SAVANT
a person of learning
The meaning of the word savant is a person of learning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
