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 |
|---|---|
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |