GRE Word List
KNOTTY
marked by or full of knots
The meaning of the word knotty is marked by or full of knots.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |