GRE Word List
GULL
any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
The meaning of the word gull is any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pudding | blood sausage |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| 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) |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |