GRE Word List
RIVULET
a small stream
The meaning of the word rivulet is a small stream.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| approbation | commendation |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |