GRE Word List
OUTSTRIP
to go faster or farther than
The meaning of the word outstrip is to go faster or farther than.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| 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 |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |