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 |
|---|---|
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |