GRE Word List
SYLVAN
one that frequents groves or woods
The meaning of the word sylvan is one that frequents groves or woods.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |