GRE Word List
SHACK
hut
The meaning of the word shack is hut.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
obscure | dark |
grouch | a fit of bad temper |
surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |