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 |
|---|---|
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |