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

WordMeaning
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
diversediffering from one another : unlike
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
archipelagoan expanse of water with many scattered islands
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
heydaythe period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity
ambidextroususing both hands with equal ease or dexterity
traverseto go or travel across or over
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness