GRE Word List
HAGGLE
argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain)
The meaning of the word haggle is argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| synthetic | not natural; artificial; resulting from synthesis; Ex. synthetic fiber; N. |
| retract | withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex. retract a statement/an offer/claws; N. retraction; CF. retractile |
| allegiance | loyalty |
| confide | tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about |
| eccentricity | oddity; idiosyncrasy |
| venison | meat of a deer; CF. cow: beef; CF. pig: pork, ham, bacon; CF. calf: veal; CF. sheep: mutton; CF. lamb: lamb |
| callus | area of thick hard skin |
| badger | pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal |
| taut | tight; strained; tense; ready; OP. slack |
| foist | insert improperly; impose upon another by coercion; palm off; pass off as genuine or worthy; CF. fist |
