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 |
|---|---|
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| deify | to make a god of |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| disport | sport |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |