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 |
|---|---|
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| welter | writhe |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |