GRE Word List
INVERT
to reverse in position, order, or relationship
The meaning of the word invert is to reverse in position, order, or relationship.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |