GRE Word List
EBB
the reflux of the tide toward the sea
The meaning of the word ebb is the reflux of the tide toward the sea.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brochure | pamphlet |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| fiasco | a complete failure |