GRE Word List
SLACKEN
to make less active : slow up
The meaning of the word slacken is to make less active : slow up.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |