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 |
|---|---|
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |