GRE Word List
ALLOCATE
to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute
The meaning of the word allocate is to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| 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 |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| paradigm | example |