GRE Word List
WASTREL
vagabond
The meaning of the word wastrel is vagabond.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| etymology | the 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 |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |