GRE Word List
EMBARK
to go on board a vehicle for transportation
The meaning of the word embark is to go on board a vehicle for transportation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |