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 |
|---|---|
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |