GRE Word List
NATATION
the action or art of swimming
The meaning of the word natation is the action or art of swimming.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |