GRE Word List
MANIPULATE
to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
The meaning of the word manipulate is to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| benison | blessing |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |