GRE Word List
VITREOUS
of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; V. vitrify: change into glass; CF. petrify
The meaning of the word vitreous is of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; V. vitrify: change into glass; CF. petrify.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lilliputian | extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels |
| disburse | pay out (as from a fund); N. disbursement; CF. purse |
| eon | long period of time; an age; longest division of geologic time containing two or more eras |
| maladroit | clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling |
| lectern | reading desk or stand for a public speaker |
| whittle | pare; cut away thin bits (from wood); fashion in this way; reduce gradually; trim |
| apparent | evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such; Ex. apparent improvement |
| garrulous | loquacious; wordy; talkative; N. garrulity |
| bantering | joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter |
| oblivious | inattentive or unmindful; unaware; wholly absorbed; forgetful(having the habit of forgetting) |