GRE Word List
LATCH
to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
The meaning of the word latch is to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| drab | slattern |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |