GRE Word List
LOUT
to bow in respect
The meaning of the word lout is to bow in respect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| allude | to make indirect reference |