GRE Word List
AVOW
to declare assuredly
The meaning of the word avow is to declare assuredly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| desperate | having lost hope |