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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| obscure | dark |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |