GRE Word List

FALTER

to walk unsteadily : stumble

The meaning of the word falter is to walk unsteadily : stumble.

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incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
supplicantone who supplicates
soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
hazarda source of danger
valedictionan act of bidding farewell
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
supinelying on the back or with the face upward
humorthat quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality