GRE Word List
DOZE
to sleep lightly
The meaning of the word doze is to sleep lightly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |