GRE Word List
WASTREL
vagabond
The meaning of the word wastrel is vagabond.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
disingenuous | lacking in candor |
vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
politic | political |
defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |