GRE Word List
GRUMBLE
to mutter in discontent
The meaning of the word grumble is to mutter in discontent.
Random words
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coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
antithesis | the direct opposite |
scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |