GRE Word List
SAVANT
a person of learning
The meaning of the word savant is a person of learning.
Random words
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| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| privy | private |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |