GRE Word List
LABYRINTH
a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys
The meaning of the word labyrinth is a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| demented | mad |
| mulct | fine |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |