GRE Word List
SLAKE
subside
The meaning of the word slake is subside.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| warrant | sanction |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| bog | wet spongy ground |