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 |
|---|---|
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| residual | remainder |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |