GRE Word List
CLOUT
a piece of cloth or leather : rag
The meaning of the word clout is a piece of cloth or leather : rag.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| modish | fashionable |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |