GRE Word List
METE
measure; distribute; administer; Ex. mete out justice/punishment
The meaning of the word mete is measure; distribute; administer; Ex. mete out justice/punishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concomitant | that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else |
| cloying | distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess |
| maleficient | doing evil; N. maleficience |
| injurious | harmful; causing injury |
| roster | list (of names) |
| diffuse | wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse |
| toxic | poisonous; N. toxicity |
| coincidence | the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental |
| pulse | rhythmical throbbing of arteries; brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity; V: pulsate |
| waft | move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window |
