GRE Word List
MINUTE
the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds
The meaning of the word minute is the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |