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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impinge | encroach |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |