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 |
|---|---|
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| niggle | trifle |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| environ | encircle |
