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 |
|---|---|
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |