GRE Word List
BOLT
a lightning stroke
The meaning of the word bolt is a lightning stroke.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dire | exciting horror |
| hirsute | hairy |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |