GRE Word List
JEOPARDIZE
to expose to danger or risk : imperil
The meaning of the word jeopardize is to expose to danger or risk : imperil.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| exegesis | exposition |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| 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 |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |