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 |
|---|---|
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| cohorts | companion |