GRE Word List
SLACK
not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent
The meaning of the word slack is not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |