GRE Word List
EDDY
a current of water or air running contrary to the main current
The meaning of the word eddy is a current of water or air running contrary to the main current.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |