GRE Word List

ACCELERATE

to move faster : to gain speed

The meaning of the word accelerate is to move faster : to gain speed.

Random words

WordMeaning
diminutionthe act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
rotundmarked by roundness : rounded
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
solecisman ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence
verdigrisa green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates
angularforming an angle : sharp-cornered
relegateto send into exile : banish
torrenta violent or forceful flow of fluid