GRE Word List
ACCELERATE
move faster
The meaning of the word accelerate is move faster.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foresight | ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future |
| casual | happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark |
| hatch | deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg |
| salubrious | healthful; conducive to health or well-being; socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health |
| regicide | murder of a king or queen |
| repulsion | distaste; disgust; act of driving back; ADJ. repulsive: causing disgust; tending to drive away; V. repel (not `repulse') |
| heyday | time of greatest success or power; prime |
| equinox | period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn; Ex. vernal/autumnal equinox; ADJ. equinoctial |
| temerity | boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity to ask for a pay increase after only three day's work |
| botch | mismanage; blow |