GRE Word List
LULL
to cause to sleep or rest : soothe
The meaning of the word lull is to cause to sleep or rest : soothe.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| ramification | branch |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| purported | reputed |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| rightful | just |