GRE Word List
ALCOVE
a small recessed section of a room : nook
The meaning of the word alcove is a small recessed section of a room : nook.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |