GRE Word List
SEASON
a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature
The meaning of the word season is a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |