GRE Word List
PONDEROUS
of very great weight
The meaning of the word ponderous is of very great weight.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |