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 |
|---|---|
| hubbub | noise |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| quorum | a select group |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |