GRE Word List
COG
a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear
The meaning of the word cog is a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |