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 |
|---|---|
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| clown | farmer |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |