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 |
|---|---|
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| disport | sport |