GRE Word List
INQUISITIVE
given to examination or investigation
The meaning of the word inquisitive is given to examination or investigation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| duration | continuance in time |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| verge | brink |