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 |
|---|---|
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |