GRE Word List
HALTING
marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness
The meaning of the word halting is marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |