GRE Word List
FLUTTER
to flap the wings rapidly
The meaning of the word flutter is to flap the wings rapidly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| seemly | good-looking |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |