GRE Word List
PASTE
smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive); V: cause to adhere by applying paste
The meaning of the word paste is smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive); V: cause to adhere by applying paste.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hone | sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool |
| disband | dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded. |
| importunate | urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent |
| roil | make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb |
| marsupial | one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather); CF. kangaroo, opossum, wombat |
| determinate | having a fixed order of procedure; precisely defined; invariable; fixed; conclusive; final |
| repress | hold back (the natural expression of); restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion |
| exchequer | treasury; Ex. Chancellor of the exchequer |
| prodigal | wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality |
| precept | practical rule guiding conduct; Ex. mother's precept |
