GRE Word List
UPROARIOUS
marked by uproar
The meaning of the word uproarious is marked by uproar.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| unfrock | defrock |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |