GRE Word List
GRADUATE
arrange into categories or grades; divide into marked intervals (for use in measurement); Ex. graduated ruler
The meaning of the word graduate is arrange into categories or grades; divide into marked intervals (for use in measurement); Ex. graduated ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despise | look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible |
| pulchritude | beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous |
| anneal | reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass) |
| pervert | corrupt; turn from right to wrong; misuse; Ex. perverted sexual desire/scientific knowledge; N: person whose sexual behavior is not natural |
| misdemeanor | minor crime; misdeed; wrongdoing |
| remonstrate | protest; objection; V. remonstrate: say in protest |
| compound | combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex |
| affront | insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally |
| cant | insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people |
| tend | have a tendency; take care of; minister; serve at; apply one's attention; attend |
