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 |
|---|---|
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| bulk | magnitude |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| osseous | bony |