GRE Word List
AVOW
to declare assuredly
The meaning of the word avow is to declare assuredly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
