GRE Word List
APPREHEND
arrest
The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |