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 |
|---|---|
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |