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 |
|---|---|
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| 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 |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |