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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| boor | peasant |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |