GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| concur | to express agreement |
| decipher | decode |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| exploit | deed |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |