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 |
|---|---|
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| raspy | harsh |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |