GRE Word List
AVER
to declare positively
The meaning of the word aver is to declare positively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |