GRE Word List
ZEPHYR
a breeze from the west
The meaning of the word zephyr is a breeze from the west.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |