GRE Word List

LAX

loose

The meaning of the word lax is loose.

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scaffolda temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground
patinaa usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
derelictionan intentional abandonment
pulverizeto reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
peripheralof, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part
emollientmaking soft or supple
mashto reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure