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 |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |