GRE Word List

LUMBER

to move ponderously

The meaning of the word lumber is to move ponderously.

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WordMeaning
thriftygiven to or marked by economy and good management
improprietyan improper or indecorous act or remark
kleptomaniaca person evidencing kleptomania
humblenot proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive
perditioneternal damnation
harbora place of security and comfort : refuge
gyroscopea 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
punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
gobbleto swallow or eat greedily
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem