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 |
|---|---|
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
