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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| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |