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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| poise | balance |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |