GRE Word List
HEED
to pay attention
The meaning of the word heed is to pay attention.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |