GRE Word List
GROTTO
cave
The meaning of the word grotto is cave.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |