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 |
|---|---|
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| tatter | to make ragged |