GRE Word List
HACKLES
one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
The meaning of the word hackles is one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |