GRE Word List
LUMBER
to move ponderously
The meaning of the word lumber is to move ponderously.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |