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 |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |