GRE Word List
OGLE
look at amorously; make eyes at; Ex. old men ogling young girls
The meaning of the word ogle is look at amorously; make eyes at; Ex. old men ogling young girls.
Random words
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conformist | person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group; OP. nonconformist: one who does not conform to accepted beliefs of norms |
incontinent | lacking self-restraint; not continent; licentious |
trek | travel; journey; V: make a long difficult journey |
yoke | join together; unite; N: crossbar used to joining two draft animals |
sustain | suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners |
precipitate | hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden |
chassis | framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached |
stoop | bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying |
plagiarize | steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap |
founder | person who establishes (an organization or business) |