GRE Word List
CHAR
make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion
The meaning of the word char is make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| verbatim | word for word; in the same words; repeating the actual words exactly |
| pliable | flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable |
| slink | move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush) |
| tactile | pertaining to the organs or sense of touch |
| prize | pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship) |
| entomology | study of insects |
| traverse | go through or across |
| jaundiced | yellowed; prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye |
| tome | large volume; book |
| invert | turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position or condition of |
