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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |