GRE Word List
APPLICATION
an act of applying:
The meaning of the word application is an act of applying:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |