GRE Word List
WASTREL
vagabond
The meaning of the word wastrel is vagabond.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| wreak | bring about |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |