GRE Word List
CONSIGN
to give over to another's care
The meaning of the word consign is to give over to another's care.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| mischance | bad luck |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| romp | one that romps |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |