GRE Word List
APPREHEND
arrest
The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |