GRE Word List
MANEUVER
strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end
The meaning of the word maneuver is strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soporific | sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness; drowsy |
| tacit | understood (without actually being expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit agreement |
| venison | meat of a deer; CF. cow: beef; CF. pig: pork, ham, bacon; CF. calf: veal; CF. sheep: mutton; CF. lamb: lamb |
| mandatory | obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate |
| hubbub | confused uproar; loud noise; din |
| jettison | throw overboard (from a ship or plane) |
| comeback | retort; quick clever reply; return to former status |
| ulterior | intentionally hidden; beyond what is evident; situated beyond; unstated and often questionable; Ex. ulterior motive |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| memorialize | commemorate |
