GRE Word List
DESCRY
to catch sight of
The meaning of the word descry is to catch sight of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |