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 |
|---|---|
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |