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 |
|---|---|
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |