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 |
|---|---|
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
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| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
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| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
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