GRE Word List
LOUT
to bow in respect
The meaning of the word lout is to bow in respect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |