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

WordMeaning
tensioninner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion
legatoin a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones)
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
loga usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree
pronehaving a tendency or inclination : being likely
adoreto worship or honor as a deity or as divine
elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
doggedmarked by stubborn determination
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")