GRE Word List
CLASP
hold firmly within arms
The meaning of the word clasp is hold firmly within arms.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
