GRE Word List
ZEAL
eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
The meaning of the word zeal is eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| stilted | pompous |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |