GRE Word List
APPREHEND
arrest
The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |