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 |
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| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| hallowed | holy |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |