GRE Word List
WASTREL
vagabond
The meaning of the word wastrel is vagabond.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| condole | grieve |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| deify | to make a god of |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |