GRE Word List
RIVET
a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
The meaning of the word rivet is a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |