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 |
|---|---|
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |