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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WordMeaning
absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
refulgenta radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
etymologythe 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
revileto subject to verbal abuse : vituperate
abutto border on : to touch along an edge
intimidateto make timid or fearful : frighten
precursorone that precedes and indicates the approach of another
cruxa puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question