GRE Word List
LANCE
a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
The meaning of the word lance is a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| encompass | include |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |