GRE Word List
SIGNIFICANT
having meaning
The meaning of the word significant is having meaning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| hubbub | noise |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |