GRE Word List
DRIP
to let fall in drops
The meaning of the word drip is to let fall in drops.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |