GRE Word List
HURTLE
to move rapidly or forcefully
The meaning of the word hurtle is to move rapidly or forcefully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plait | pleat |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |