GRE Word List
LUMBER
to move ponderously
The meaning of the word lumber is to move ponderously.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| shambles | a meat market |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
