GRE Word List
MUSE
to become absorbed in thought
The meaning of the word muse is to become absorbed in thought.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |