GRE Word List
COALESCE
to grow together
The meaning of the word coalesce is to grow together.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |