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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| clip | encompass |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |