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 |
|---|---|
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |