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 |
|---|---|
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |