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 |
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| 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 |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| enhance | heighten |