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 |
|---|---|
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| defalcate | deduct |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |