GRE Word List
PRONG
pointed projecting part
The meaning of the word prong is pointed projecting part.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| holster | leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist) |
| eclipse | darken; extinguish; outshine; surpass; cause an eclipse |
| rickety | (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D |
| descry | catch sight of (something distant) |
| indolent | lazy |
| doctrinaire | unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties |
| evasive | not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit |
| elegy | poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal, elegiac |
| rotund | (of a person) fat and round |
| jibe | agree; be in harmony with; gibe |
