GRE Word List
BASK
to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere
The meaning of the word bask is to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| prattle | prate |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |