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 |
|---|---|
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |