GRE Word List
OBSCURE
dark
The meaning of the word obscure is dark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |