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 |
|---|---|
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |