GRE Word List
SLAKE
subside
The meaning of the word slake is subside.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |