GRE Word List
INDOLENT
averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy
The meaning of the word indolent is averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |