GRE Word List
RIG
arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails
The meaning of the word rig is arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| saga | Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative |
| accrue | come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual |
| harping | tiresome dwelling on a subject; V. harp: dwell on(think or speak a lot about) tediously |
| liaison | contact that keeps parties in communication; communication between groups; one that maintains communication; go-between; secret love affair; V. liaise: keep a connection |
| boisterous | violent; rough; noisy |
| mutablility | ability to change in form; fickleness; ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle; CF. mutate; CF. mutant |
| breed | produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant |
| debutante | young woman making formal entrance into society |
| blighted | suffering from a disease; destroyed |
| conjecture | surmise; guess; V. |
