GRE Word List
HAIL
precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow
The meaning of the word hail is precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| collected | gathered together |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| cue | the letter q |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |