GRE Word List
PORE
to gaze intently
The meaning of the word pore is to gaze intently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| drab | slattern |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| encumber | weigh down |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |