GRE Word List
SPRY
able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble
The meaning of the word spry is able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| devious | wandering |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| 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 |