GRE Word List

LATITUDE

angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as

The meaning of the word latitude is angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as.

Random words

WordMeaning
usurythe lending of money with an interest charge for its use
alludeto make indirect reference
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
crestfallenhaving a drooping crest or hanging head
smughighly self-satisfied
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
plumagethe feathers of a bird
concordatcompact