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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |