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 |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |