GRE Word List
BASE
the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
The meaning of the word base is the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |