GRE Word List
MUTE
unable to speak : lacking the power of speech
The meaning of the word mute is unable to speak : lacking the power of speech.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| ponderous | of very great weight |