GRE Word List
HEADLONG
headfirst
The meaning of the word headlong is headfirst.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| arid | excessively dry |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |