GRE Word List
CAULK
to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
The meaning of the word caulk is to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |