GRE Word List
ROLLING
(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
The meaning of the word rolling is (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| paramour | lover |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| laud | praise |