GRE Word List
VERSATILE
embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills
The meaning of the word versatile is embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |