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 |
|---|---|
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| reek | smoke |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |