GRE Word List
APEX
tip; summit; climax; highest point
The meaning of the word apex is tip; summit; climax; highest point.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venerate | revere; treat with great respect |
| mausoleum | monumental tomb; large stately tomb; CF. Mausolos |
| unwieldy | awkward (to carry or move); cumbersome; unmanageable |
| prosaic | lacking in imagination; dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact(concerned with facts, not imagination or feelings); factual; CF. prose |
| roil | make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb |
| writhe | twist in coils; contort in pain |
| incoherent | unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent |
| ostensible | apparent; appearing as such; professed(pretended); pretended; Ex. ostensible purpose of the expedition |
| consort | associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler) |
| swerve | deviate; turn aside sharply from a straight course; Ex. swerve from the principle; Ex. The car swerved to the right. |
