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 |
|---|---|
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| convention | agreement |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |