GRE Word List
SHUDDER
to tremble convulsively : shiver
The meaning of the word shudder is to tremble convulsively : shiver.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |