GRE Word List
GRUEL
a thin porridge
The meaning of the word gruel is a thin porridge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |