GRE Word List
CONSTRUE
to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
The meaning of the word construe is to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part).
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
quisling | traitor |
nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |