GRE Word List
RAIL
a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier
The meaning of the word rail is a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |