GRE Word List
WAN
having a pale or sickly color; pallid
The meaning of the word wan is having a pale or sickly color; pallid.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
---|---|
profusion | great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; Ex. profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant |
percussion | striking one object against another sharply; Ex. percussion instrument; N: striking together of two bodies; sound caused by percussion |
irrefutable | indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable |
scraps | leftover food |
obsolete | outmoded; no longer used |
apiculture | bee-keeping |
implicate | incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime |
threadbare | worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses |
functionary | official (who performs a particular function) |
titular | of a title; in name only; nominal; having the title of an office without the obligations; Ex. titular head of the company |