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 |
|---|---|
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |