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 |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |