GRE Word List

APPREHEND

arrest

The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.

Random words

WordMeaning
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
swampa wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water
apeany of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon)
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
criteriaa standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
weanto accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
emanateto come out from a source
loatheto dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest
eroticof, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time