GRE Word List
UNWONTED
being out of the ordinary : rare
The meaning of the word unwonted is being out of the ordinary : rare.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |