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 |
|---|---|
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |