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 |
|---|---|
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| romp | one that romps |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |