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 |
|---|---|
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
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| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| imbue | endow |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |