GRE Word List
INTIMIDATE
to make timid or fearful : frighten
The meaning of the word intimidate is to make timid or fearful : frighten.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |