GRE Word List
FULCRUM
prop
The meaning of the word fulcrum is prop.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| amend | to put right |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |