GRE Word List
VISCOUS
having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid
The meaning of the word viscous is having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| upright | perpendicular |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |