GRE Word List
MOTTO
a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use
The meaning of the word motto is a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| grotto | cave |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |