GRE Word List
APERTURE
an opening or open space : hole
The meaning of the word aperture is an opening or open space : hole.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |