GRE Word List
CLASP
hold firmly within arms
The meaning of the word clasp is hold firmly within arms.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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warranted | justified; authorized |
wrest | obtain by pulling violently; pull away; take by violence; Ex. wrest victory from their grasp |
sustain | suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners |
worldly | engrossed in matters of this earth; not spiritual; of the material world |
snicker | half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V. |
hybrid | mongrel; mixed breed; V. hybridize |
tenancy | possession of land or building by rent; period of a tenant's occupancy |
foist | insert improperly; impose upon another by coercion; palm off; pass off as genuine or worthy; CF. fist |
conscientious | scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker |
inestimable | impossible to estimate; (apprec) invaluable; of immeasurable worth |