GRE Word List
LOITER
to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
The meaning of the word loiter is to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| duration | continuance in time |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |