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 |
|---|---|
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| freebooter | pirate |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| baroque | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension |