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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |