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 |
|---|---|
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| reaper | one that reaps |