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 |
|---|---|
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| politic | political |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |