GRE Word List
SLAKE
subside
The meaning of the word slake is subside.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| lax | loose |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |