GRE Word List
BAR
a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)
The meaning of the word bar is a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |