GRE Word List

LINGER

to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry

The meaning of the word linger is to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry.

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WordMeaning
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
mockto treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
warrantedsanction
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty
saturateto satisfy fully : satiate
simulateto give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate