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 |
|---|---|
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| brook | creek |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |