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) |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |