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 |
|---|---|
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| juncture | a point of time |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |