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 |
|---|---|
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| regime | regimen |