GRE Word List
SLAKE
subside
The meaning of the word slake is subside.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| growl | rumble |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |