GRE Word List
PARLEY
to speak with another : confer
The meaning of the word parley is to speak with another : confer.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
abbreviate | to make briefer |
denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
retort | to pay or hurl back : return |