GRE Word List
WASTREL
vagabond
The meaning of the word wastrel is vagabond.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| chafe | irritate |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |