GRE Word List
UNIVERSAL
including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception
The meaning of the word universal is including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |