GRE Word List
IDLE
not occupied or employed: such as
The meaning of the word idle is not occupied or employed: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| billowing | wave |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| environ | encircle |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |