GRE Word List
HEADLONG
headfirst
The meaning of the word headlong is headfirst.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| scintilla | spark |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |