GRE Word List
SHEATHE
to put into or furnish with a sheath
The meaning of the word sheathe is to put into or furnish with a sheath.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |