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 |
|---|---|
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |