GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |