GRE Word List
JOSTLE
to come in contact or into collision
The meaning of the word jostle is to come in contact or into collision.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |