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 |
|---|---|
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |