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 |
|---|---|
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| lout | to bow in respect |