GRE Word List
CLASP
a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together
The meaning of the word clasp is a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| concatenate | linked together |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |