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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |