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 |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |