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 |
|---|---|
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| calculated | apt |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |