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 |
|---|---|
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |