GRE Word List
SENTINEL
sentry
The meaning of the word sentinel is sentry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |