GRE Word List
PLIGHT
to put or give in pledge : engage
The meaning of the word plight is to put or give in pledge : engage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| steep | lofty |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |