GRE Word List
FLIT
to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another
The meaning of the word flit is to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| lax | loose |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |