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 |
|---|---|
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |