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 |
|---|---|
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| microcosm | a little world |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |