GRE Word List
HEADFIRST
with the head foremost
The meaning of the word headfirst is with the head foremost.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| residual | remainder |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |