GRE Word List
COVERT
not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled
The meaning of the word covert is not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| commune | talk over |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |