GRE Word List
FALTER
to walk unsteadily : stumble
The meaning of the word falter is to walk unsteadily : stumble.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| apprehend | arrest |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| intermediary | mediator |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |