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 |
|---|---|
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |