GRE Word List
DRAUGHT
a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
The meaning of the word draught is a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| retrench | cut down |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |