GRE Word List
BATE
to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain
The meaning of the word bate is to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| swill | wash |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| fabricate | invent |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |