GRE Word List

WASTREL

vagabond

The meaning of the word wastrel is vagabond.

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retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
spatsquabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel
sobernot intoxicated
gadflyany of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock
enthrallto hold spellbound : charm
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
numismatistthe study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals)