GRE Word List
WANTON
merciless
The meaning of the word wanton is merciless.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |