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 |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| grudging | unwilling |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |