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 |
|---|---|
| application | an act of applying: |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| connoisseur | expert |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |