GRE Word List
ARRAIGN
charge in court; indict
The meaning of the word arraign is charge in court; indict.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slither | slip or slide |
| gentility | those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel |
| detain | keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention |
| capacious | spacious |
| summation | act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial) |
| enormity | hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous |
| animadversion | critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval |
| filibuster | block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter |
| disquisition | formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report |
| rustle | make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together |
