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 |
|---|---|
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| haggard | not tamed |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |