GRE Word List
SHYSTER
lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner
The meaning of the word shyster is lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palpitate | throb; beat rapidly; flutter; tremble; Ex. Her heart began to palpitate. |
| mayhem | injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; Ex. mayhem in the zoo; CF. maim |
| decorum | propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct |
| imponderable | weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound |
| lascivious | lustful |
| invoke | call and bring into use (a right or law); call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit); Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke one's advisor/God |
| synthesis | combining parts or separate things into a whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize |
| severity | harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense |
| requisite | necessary requirement; something required; ADJ: required; necessary |
| incrustation | hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust |
