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 |
|---|---|
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| debonair | suave |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |