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 |
|---|---|
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |