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 |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |