GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |