GRE Word List
KNEAD
mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough
The meaning of the word knead is mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| baffle | frustrate; perplex |
| dispatch | speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill |
| attrition | rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition |
| deducible | derived by reasoning; V. deduce: infer; derive by reasoning |
| vigilant | watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance |
| striated | marked with parallel bands; striped; grooved; Ex. striated rocks; V. striate; N. stria: thin groove or line |
| adage | wise saying; proverb |
| acquiesce | assent; agree passively; comply without protest |
| compilation | listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling |
| paraphrase | restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words |
