GRE Word List
HEM
a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down
The meaning of the word hem is a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |