GRE Word List
NOOSE
a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
The meaning of the word noose is a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |