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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| rotunda | a round building |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |