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 |
|---|---|
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |