GRE Word List
MOLT
to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
The meaning of the word molt is to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| garnish | decorate |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| demure | reserved |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |