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 |
|---|---|
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| apprehend | arrest |
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| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
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| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| pending | during |