GRE Word List
LAX
loose
The meaning of the word lax is loose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lax | loose |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| sentinel | sentry |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |