GRE Word List
HOARY
gray or white with or as if with age
The meaning of the word hoary is gray or white with or as if with age.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| imprecation | curse |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| progeny | descendants |