GRE Word List
TERMINUS
last stop of railroad; end
The meaning of the word terminus is last stop of railroad; end.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overwrought | nervous or excited; extremely agitated; hysterical; wrought-up; CF. wrought: made or done |
| commandeer | take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes |
| tantamount | equivalent in effect or value; Ex. This invasion is tantamount to a declaration of war; CF. amount |
| fallacious | false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument |
| clown | act stupidly; play the fool; N. |
| conceit | vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry) |
| incognito | with identity concealed; using an assumed name; ADJ. |
| solecism | nonstandard grammatical construction; construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically; violation of social etiquette |
| incongruity | lack of harmony; absurdity; ADJ. incongruous: lacking in harmony; inappropriate |
| felicitous | (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen |