GRE Word List
MASTICATE
to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
The meaning of the word masticate is to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| noisome | noxious |