GRE Word List
SLAKE
subside
The meaning of the word slake is subside.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| headlong | headfirst |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| lax | loose |