GRE Word List
APPREHEND
arrest
The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exegesis | exposition |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |