GRE Word List
WAN
suggestive of poor health : sickly
The meaning of the word wan is suggestive of poor health : sickly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| mortician | undertaker |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |