GRE Word List
CRUST
hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)
The meaning of the word crust is hard outer covering (as of earth or snow).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carnivorous | meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore |
| chaffing | bantering; joking |
| distort | twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N. distortion |
| susceptible | impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility |
| scintilla | trace; minute amount; shred; least bit; Ex. There is not a scintilla of truth; CF. spark |
| habitat | natural home of a plant or animal; CF. habitation |
| noose | loop formed in a rope |
| dribble | flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N. |
| connoisseur | person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art |
| coy | shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer¸¦ ¹Þ¾ÒÀ» ¶§ |
