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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |