GRE Word List
SLAKE
subside
The meaning of the word slake is subside.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |