GRE Word List
RIVET
metal pin used for fastening metal plates together; V: fasten with a rivet; engross
The meaning of the word rivet is metal pin used for fastening metal plates together; V: fasten with a rivet; engross.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excerpt | selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V. |
| irascible | irritable; easily angered |
| rider | amendment or clause added to a legislative bill |
| mock | ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision |
| comely | attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance |
| bane | posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous |
| peripatetic | walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy |
| frieze | ornamental horizontal band on a wall |
| abode | dwelling place; home |
| parallel | similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unparalleled |
