GRE Word List
CONFINE
something (such as borders or walls) that encloses
The meaning of the word confine is something (such as borders or walls) that encloses.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| duration | continuance in time |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |