GRE Word List
AMBULATORY
able to walk about and not bedridden
The meaning of the word ambulatory is able to walk about and not bedridden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |