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
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| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| ramification | branch |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |