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 |
|---|---|
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |