GRE Word List
APPREHEND
arrest
The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ยน/โโ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |