GRE Word List

SYLVAN

one that frequents groves or woods

The meaning of the word sylvan is one that frequents groves or woods.

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WordMeaning
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
orthographythe art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
receptiveable or inclined to receive
ravenousrapacious
nutritiousnourishing
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
missilecapable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object