GRE Word List
QUALIFY
to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
The meaning of the word qualify is to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |