GRE Word List
GAIT
a manner of walking or moving on foot
The meaning of the word gait is a manner of walking or moving on foot.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| passe | past one's prime |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |