GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| exhume | disinter |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |