GRE Word List
INDUCT
to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
The meaning of the word induct is to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| 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") |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |