GRE Word List
SINUOUS
of a serpentine or wavy form : winding
The meaning of the word sinuous is of a serpentine or wavy form : winding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| 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 |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |