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 |
|---|---|
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |