GRE Word List
FLICK
a light sharp jerky stroke or movement
The meaning of the word flick is a light sharp jerky stroke or movement.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| hallowed | holy |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |