GRE Word List
METE
to give out by measure : dole out
The meaning of the word mete is to give out by measure : dole out.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |