GRE Word List
WASTREL
vagabond
The meaning of the word wastrel is vagabond.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| stilted | pompous |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |