GRE Word List
WASTREL
vagabond
The meaning of the word wastrel is vagabond.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| flighty | swift |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |