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 |
|---|---|
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |