GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |