GRE Word List
EXACT
to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
The meaning of the word exact is to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |