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 |
|---|---|
| ebullient | boiling |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |