GRE Word List
APPREHEND
arrest
The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| diva | prima donna |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |