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 |
|---|---|
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |