GRE Word List
TANNER
one that tans hides
The meaning of the word tanner is one that tans hides.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| eventual | contingent |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| farce | stuff |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |