GRE Word List
SILT
loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter
The meaning of the word silt is loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
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| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |