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 |
|---|---|
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |