GRE Word List
LUMBER
to move ponderously
The meaning of the word lumber is to move ponderously.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| 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 |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |