GRE Word List
LUMBER
to move ponderously
The meaning of the word lumber is to move ponderously.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |