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 |
|---|---|
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| nib | bill |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| succor | relief |
| ponderous | of very great weight |