GRE Word List
FULCRUM
prop
The meaning of the word fulcrum is prop.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| noisome | noxious |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |