GRE Word List
EMBED
to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
The meaning of the word embed is to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |