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 |
|---|---|
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| raspy | harsh |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| encompass | include |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |