GRE Word List

ANCHOR

a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom

The meaning of the word anchor is a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom.

Random words

WordMeaning
tawdrycheap and gaudy in appearance or quality
lotterya drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance
overthrowoverturn
icona person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere
puzzleto offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
cringeto recoil in distaste
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
cardiologistthe study of the heart and its action and diseases