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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |