GRE Word List
PLUCK
to pull or pick off or out
The meaning of the word pluck is to pull or pick off or out.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hurl | rush |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |