GRE Word List
KNIT
contract into wrinkles; grow together; join together closely; make (a fabric or garment) by interwining yarn or thread; Ex. knit the brow; Ex. The bones should knit together in a few weeks.
The meaning of the word knit is contract into wrinkles; grow together; join together closely; make (a fabric or garment) by interwining yarn or thread; Ex. knit the brow; Ex. The bones should knit together in a few weeks..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sadistic | inclined to cruelty; N. sadism: delight in cruelty |
| ursine | bearlike; pertaining to a bear |
| loll | lounge about |
| equinox | period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn; Ex. vernal/autumnal equinox; ADJ. equinoctial |
| pontifical | pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious; CF. pontiff: pope; bishop |
| recumbent | reclining; lying down completely or in part |
| manifold | many in number or kind; numerous; varied |
| gambit | opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage |
| dormer | window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room |
| lunatic | insane; Ex. lunatic asylum |
