GRE Word List
LACERATION
torn ragged wound; V. lacerate: tear (the skin as with broken glass); wound
The meaning of the word laceration is torn ragged wound; V. lacerate: tear (the skin as with broken glass); wound.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sumptuous | grand suggesting great expense; lavish; rich; Ex. sumptuous feast |
| prolific | producing offspring or fruit in abundance; fertile; fecund; abundantly fruitful; producing abundant works; Ex. prolific writer |
| barb | sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object; openly cutting remark |
| precipitous | steep; overhasty; precipitate |
| arcade | a covered passageway usually lined with shops |
| goad | urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually |
| stigma | token of disgrace; brand; V. stigmatize: mark with a stigma; characterize as disgraceful |
| nugatory | worthless; futile |
| ferment | agitation; commotion(noisy and excited activity); unrest (of a political kind); V. produce by fermentation; undergo fermentation; cause (a state of trouble) |
| distend | expand; swell out |