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 |
|---|---|
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| replicate | duplicate |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |