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 |
|---|---|
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| billow | wave |
| retrench | cut down |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |