GRE Word List
ZANY
very eccentric (see eccentric
The meaning of the word zany is very eccentric (see eccentric.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |