GRE Word List
COVENANT
a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
The meaning of the word covenant is a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| retiring | reserved |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |