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 |
|---|---|
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| 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 |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| shack | hut |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |