GRE Word List
GRUMBLE
to mutter in discontent
The meaning of the word grumble is to mutter in discontent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |