GRE Word List
HOVER
to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it
The meaning of the word hover is to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| paradigm | example |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |