GRE Word List
GARNER
to gather into storage
The meaning of the word garner is to gather into storage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |