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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| colloquy | conversation |