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 |
|---|---|
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| headlong | headfirst |
| aptitude | inclination |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| dingy | dirty |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |