GRE Word List
GLEAN
to gather grain or other produce left by reapers
The meaning of the word glean is to gather grain or other produce left by reapers.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| dingy | dirty |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |