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 |
|---|---|
| demise | death |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |