GRE Word List
DRIBBLE
to issue sporadically and in small bits
The meaning of the word dribble is to issue sporadically and in small bits.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
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