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 |
|---|---|
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |