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 |
|---|---|
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |