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 |
|---|---|
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| baroque | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension |
| mendicant | beggar |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |