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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |