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 |
|---|---|
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| brink | edge |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |