GRE Word List
PEN
to shut in or as if in a pen
The meaning of the word pen is to shut in or as if in a pen.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |