GRE Word List
APPREHEND
arrest
The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| hubbub | noise |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| nomenclature | name |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |