GRE Word List
QUACK
to make the characteristic cry of a duck
The meaning of the word quack is to make the characteristic cry of a duck.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| growl | rumble |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |