GRE Word List
HIATUS
a break in or as if in a material object : gap
The meaning of the word hiatus is a break in or as if in a material object : gap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |