GRE Word List
TURNCOAT
one who switches to an opposing side or party
The meaning of the word turncoat is one who switches to an opposing side or party.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| trance | stupor |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |