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

WordMeaning
enormityan outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act
furoran angry or maniacal fit : rage
impiousnot pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
poisebalance
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
cavalcadea procession (see procession
malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers
amissin a mistaken way : wrongly
stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
compilationthe act or process of compiling