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 |
|---|---|
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| impuissance | weakness |