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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paltry | inferior |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| 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 |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |