GRE Word List
GROOVE
a long narrow channel or depression
The meaning of the word groove is a long narrow channel or depression.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |