GRE Word List
MURMUR
a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
The meaning of the word murmur is a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| menial | a person doing menial work |