GRE Word List
SLAKE
subside
The meaning of the word slake is subside.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| countenance | look |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |