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 |
|---|---|
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |