GRE Word List
TANTAMOUNT
equivalent in value, significance, or effect
The meaning of the word tantamount is equivalent in value, significance, or effect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| defalcate | deduct |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| ebullient | boiling |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |