GRE Word List
FLIP
to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air
The meaning of the word flip is to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calculated | apt |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| unsavory | insipid |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |