GRE Word List
SLAKE
subside
The meaning of the word slake is subside.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| forebears | ancestor |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |