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 |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| prong | fork |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| skimp | skimpy |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| reek | smoke |
| faculty | ability |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |