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 |
|---|---|
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| ploy | escapade |
| 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 |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |