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 |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| potable | suitable for drinking |