GRE Word List
GLUT
to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
The meaning of the word glut is to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |