GRE Word List
LIEN
legal claim or right on a property
The meaning of the word lien is legal claim or right on a property.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bearing | deportment; connection |
| indignation | anger at an injustice; Ex. righteous indignation; ADJ. indignant |
| intimate | hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; Ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N: close friend or confidant; CF. intimacy |
| impassive | without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; stoical; Ex. impassive face |
| manifest | evident; visible; obvious; V: show plainly |
| conclave | private secret meeting |
| strew | spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter; Ex. flower girl strewing rose petals |
| histrionic | theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors or acting; N. histrionics: histrionic behavior |
| tenuous | thin; slim; rare |
| stampede | sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals or people); V: participate in or cause stampede; Ex. stampede before the price rises |
