GRE Word List
PRANK
trick
The meaning of the word prank is trick.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |