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).

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WordMeaning
blueslow spirits : melancholy
callusa thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark
pestlea usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
scrappyconsisting of scraps
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
vouchsafeto grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
cuisinemanner of preparing food : style of cooking
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)