GRE Word List
BOUND
fastened by or as if by a band : confined
The meaning of the word bound is fastened by or as if by a band : confined.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |