GRE Word List
CUBICLE
a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
The meaning of the word cubicle is a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |