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 |
|---|---|
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| fulcrum | prop |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| overweening | arrogant |