GRE Word List
RIVETING
having the power to fix the attention : engrossing
The meaning of the word riveting is having the power to fix the attention : engrossing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| warrant | sanction |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| postulate | demand |