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 |
|---|---|
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
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| waif | a stray person or animal |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| spoof | deceive |