GRE Word List
COALESCE
to grow together
The meaning of the word coalesce is to grow together.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |