GRE Word List

HEADLONG

headfirst

The meaning of the word headlong is headfirst.

Random words

WordMeaning
scabbarda sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
gambolto skip about in play : frisk
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish
gentilitythe condition of belonging to the gentry
concorda state of agreement : harmony
centripetalproceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
abominableworthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable