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 |
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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| dilute | attenuate |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |