GRE Word List
COHERE
stick together
The meaning of the word cohere is stick together.
Random words
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authoritative | having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; Ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; CF. definitive |
reinstate | restore to a previous condition or position |
havoc | widespread damage; disorder; chaos |
connoisseur | person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art |
frugality | thrift; economy; ADJ. frugal: practicing economy; costing little; inexpensive |
suspend | cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspension |
preempt | prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace; Ex. preempt any attempts; ADJ. preemptive |
peripatetic | walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy |
evanescent | fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce |
burnish | make shiny by rubbing; polish |