GRE Word List
FULCRUM
prop
The meaning of the word fulcrum is prop.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| environ | encircle |