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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| implode | to burst inward |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |