GRE Word List
TYRO
beginner; novice
The meaning of the word tyro is beginner; novice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precarious | unsafe; lacking in stability; uncertain; risky; Ex. precarious living |
| antiseptic | substance that prevents infection in a wound; ADJ. |
| rivulet | small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river |
| impervious | impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed; incapable of being affected (in one's opinions); Ex. impervious to water/criticism |
| nausea | feeling of sickness and desire to vomit; disgust; CF. seasickness |
| egotistical | egotistic; excessively self-centered(egocentric); self-important; conceited |
| torpor | lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy; ADJ. torpid: lethargic; lazy; inactive; (of an animal) dormant; hibernating |
| cathartic | purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ. |
| satyr | half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat: lecherous man |
| recline | lie down |
