GRE Word List
SHOOT
new growth from a plant
The meaning of the word shoot is new growth from a plant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arable | fit for growing crops; Ex. arable land |
| formidable | menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question |
| mite | very small object or insect-like creature; small coin |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| soporific | sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness; drowsy |
| repulse | reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $\neq$ cause repulsion |
| attrition | rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition |
| habitat | natural home of a plant or animal; CF. habitation |
| irrevocable | unalterable; irreversible; impossible to revoke |
| amiable | agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly |
