GRE Word List
SLAP
to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand
The meaning of the word slap is to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| hardy | bold |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |