GRE Word List
GIRTH
a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back
The meaning of the word girth is a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implode | to burst inward |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| bulk | magnitude |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| pliant | pliable |