GRE Word List
MILITATE
to have weight or effect
The meaning of the word militate is to have weight or effect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |