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 |
|---|---|
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| retiring | reserved |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |