GRE Word List
CAPSIZE
to cause to overturn
The meaning of the word capsize is to cause to overturn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |