GRE Word List
QUIVER
a case for carrying or holding arrows
The meaning of the word quiver is a case for carrying or holding arrows.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pander | to act as a pander |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |