GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| congenial | pleasant |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| lewd | obscene |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |