GRE Word List
PARRY
to ward off a weapon or blow
The meaning of the word parry is to ward off a weapon or blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |