GRE Word List
LAP
a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment
The meaning of the word lap is a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| cryptic | secret |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |