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 |
|---|---|
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |