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 |
|---|---|
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
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| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |