GRE Word List
INTERROGATE
to question formally and systematically
The meaning of the word interrogate is to question formally and systematically.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |