GRE Word List
HUMMOCK
a rounded knoll or hillock
The meaning of the word hummock is a rounded knoll or hillock.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| opus | work |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| aver | to declare positively |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |