GRE Word List
OBESE
excessively fat; N. obesity
The meaning of the word obese is excessively fat; N. obesity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expedite | hasten; make go faster |
| consanguineous | having a common ancestor |
| glow | shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals); show redness and heat (in the face) after hard work or because of strong feelings; N: light produced by a heated body; brilliance of a color |
| welt | raised mark from a beating or whipping |
| fulcrum | support on which a lever rests or pivots |
| muse | ponder at length; N: source of inspiration (esp. of a poet) |
| effectuate | effect; produce; achieve; Ex. effectuate a reconciliation |
| contusion | bruise |
| insensible | unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible change; CF. not the opposite of sensible |
| motley | multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts) |