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 |
|---|---|
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| prank | trick |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| dart | a light spear |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |