GRE Word List
RUMINATE
to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
The meaning of the word ruminate is to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |