GRE Word List
LEAVEN
a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
The meaning of the word leaven is a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |