GRE Word List
JETTISON
throw overboard (from a ship or plane)
The meaning of the word jettison is throw overboard (from a ship or plane).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carnage | destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals |
| indemnify | make secure against damage or loss; compensate for damage or loss; CF. make uninjured |
| atavism | resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic |
| acoustics | science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in |
| low | moo; make the sound of a cow |
| smirk | conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V. |
| preclude | make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate |
| succor | assist (someone in difficulty); aid; comfort; N. |
| problematic | causing a problem; open to doubt; doubtful; unsettled; questionable; Ex. Whether the arena will ever be completed is problematic. |
| glutton | someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much |
