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 |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| plait | pleat |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |