GRE Word List
BASK
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
The meaning of the word bask is luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| traumatic | (of an experience) deeply shocking; pertaining to an injury caused by violence; N. trauma: serious wound; emotional shock that causes lasting psychological damage |
| occult | mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; CF. mysterious to human ?; OP. bare |
| stammer | speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions |
| dutiful | (of people or their behavior) respectful; obedient (filled with a sense of duty) |
| provenance | place of origin; origin or source of something; Ex. Gunpowder is of Chinese provenance; CF. come |
| effective | effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; Ex. effective speech/photograph |
| requisite | necessary requirement; something required; ADJ: required; necessary |
| enterprising | full of initiative; showing enterprise |
| formidable | menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question |
| respite | time for rest; interval of relief; delay in punishment; reprieve |
