GRE Word List
FUGITIVE
running away or intending flight
The meaning of the word fugitive is running away or intending flight.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| hurl | rush |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |