GRE Word List
SHOVE
to push along
The meaning of the word shove is to push along.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| vixen | a female fox |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| dour | stern |