GRE Word List
HEADLONG
headfirst
The meaning of the word headlong is headfirst.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| brink | edge |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |