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 |
|---|---|
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |