GRE Word List
CLIPPER
sailing vessel built for great speed
The meaning of the word clipper is sailing vessel built for great speed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amplify | increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph |
| boon | blessing; benefit; something very helpful |
| coma | deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow |
| optional | not compulsory; left to one's choice; N. option: act of choosing; choice; freedom or power to choose; something available as a choice; Ex. have no option; Ex. two options |
| peon | landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage |
| frantic | wild; distraught as from fear or worry; Ex. frantic with fear |
| burgeon | grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon |
| representational | showing things as they actually appear in real life |
| outrage | act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive |
| gamely | in a spirited manner; with courage; Ex. fight gamely against a superior boxer; ADJ. game |
