GRE Word List
PONDEROUS
of very great weight
The meaning of the word ponderous is of very great weight.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |