GRE Word List

PUCKER

to become wrinkled or constricted

The meaning of the word pucker is to become wrinkled or constricted.

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WordMeaning
rationalizeto bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as
hardybold
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
stagnantnot flowing in a current or stream
groucha fit of bad temper
staticexerting force by reason of weight alone without motion
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
insurmountableincapable of being surmounted : insuperable
recuperateto get back : regain
myriadten thousand