GRE Word List
ASININE
extremely or utterly foolish or silly
The meaning of the word asinine is extremely or utterly foolish or silly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |