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.
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salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
meddlesome | given to meddling |
opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
convoluted | having convolutions |