GRE Word List
CONFOUND
confuse; puzzle
The meaning of the word confound is confuse; puzzle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assert | state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence |
| reckon | count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose |
| decapitate | behead |
| pediatrician | physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics |
| prone | inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone |
| wane | decrease in size or strength (after being full); grow gradually to an end; Ex. The moon waxes and wanes every month; N. |
| medium | element that is a creature's natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated; appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise; middle position between extremes; intervening substance through which something else is transmitted |
| gale | windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughters, tears); Ex. gale of laughter |
| rue | regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful |
| egress | exit; opening for going out; act of going out; OP. ingress |
