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 |
|---|---|
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |