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

WordMeaning
prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
confideto have confidence : trust
jesta joking or mocking remark
condolegrieve
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
stealtha cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection
shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
maladya disease or disorder of the animal body