GRE Word List
ROOSTER
an adult male domestic chicken
The meaning of the word rooster is an adult male domestic chicken.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |