GRE Word List
SCHOLARLY
of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
The meaning of the word scholarly is of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| antecede | precede |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |