GRE Word List
GENUFLECT
to bend the knee
The meaning of the word genuflect is to bend the knee.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |