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 |
|---|---|
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| cataclysm | flood |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |