GRE Word List
GENUFLECT
to bend the knee
The meaning of the word genuflect is to bend the knee.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| rickety | affected with rickets |