GRE Word List
APPLICATION
an act of applying:
The meaning of the word application is an act of applying:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |