GRE Word List
BAIT
to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks
The meaning of the word bait is to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| ensconce | shelter |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| reverberate | reflect |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |