GRE Word List
AVOW
to declare assuredly
The meaning of the word avow is to declare assuredly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| seemly | good-looking |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |