GRE Word List

HEED

to pay attention

The meaning of the word heed is to pay attention.

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WordMeaning
drudgeto do hard, menial, or monotonous work
dismissto permit or cause to leave
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
sallowany of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark