GRE Word List
DESCRY
to catch sight of
The meaning of the word descry is to catch sight of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |