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 |
|---|---|
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |