GRE Word List
PALPITATE
to beat rapidly and strongly : throb
The meaning of the word palpitate is to beat rapidly and strongly : throb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |