GRE Word List
BOLT
a lightning stroke
The meaning of the word bolt is a lightning stroke.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |