GRE Word List
POLARIZE
to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
The meaning of the word polarize is to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |