GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| fluke | flatfish |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |