GRE Word List
DELIBERATE
to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully
The meaning of the word deliberate is to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |