GRE Word List
CHECK
to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively
The meaning of the word check is to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |