GRE Word List
INDELIBLE
that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
The meaning of the word indelible is that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| devious | wandering |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |