GRE Word List
ZANY
very eccentric (see eccentric
The meaning of the word zany is very eccentric (see eccentric.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| pilfer | steal |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |