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 |
|---|---|
| obese | having excessive body fat |
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| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |