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 |
|---|---|
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| benison | blessing |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |