GRE Word List
PRATE
to talk long and idly : chatter
The meaning of the word prate is to talk long and idly : chatter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| defalcate | deduct |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |