GRE Word List
SAVANT
a person of learning
The meaning of the word savant is a person of learning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| potentate | ruler |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |