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 |
|---|---|
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| romp | one that romps |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |