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 |
|---|---|
| disquietude | anxiety |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| demented | mad |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |