GRE Word List
AVOW
to declare assuredly
The meaning of the word avow is to declare assuredly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |