GRE Word List
DESCRY
to catch sight of
The meaning of the word descry is to catch sight of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |