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 |
|---|---|
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| succor | relief |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |