GRE Word List
GLUTINOUS
having the quality of glue : gummy
The meaning of the word glutinous is having the quality of glue : gummy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| grudging | unwilling |