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 |
|---|---|
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |