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 |
|---|---|
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| doddering | feeble |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| 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 |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |