GRE Word List
SERPENTINE
of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
The meaning of the word serpentine is of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |