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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |