GRE Word List
BAIT
harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals
The meaning of the word bait is harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sleazy | shabby and dirty; flimsy; insubstantial; Ex. sleazy back-street hotel/fabric |
| elicit | draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone) |
| erode | eat away; wear away gradually by abrasion; Ex. The sea erodes the rocks. |
| simplistic | oversimplified |
| concur | agree; coincide; happen at the same time |
| equestrian | rider on horseback; ADJ. |
| tome | large volume; book |
| capillary | having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity |
| vertebrate | having a backbone or spinal column; N: group of animals having a segmented spinal column |
| nonentity | person of no importance; nonexistence |
