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 |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| calculated | apt |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |